Choices (journal)

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Choices was founded in 1986 as a print magazine. In 2002, the print version was discontinued and it was published solely online thereafter.

Each issue typically contains eight articles divided among two overarching themes. A guest editor is selected for each theme, who helps organize and edit the articles for that issue. Articles may also be submitted directly, independent of any theme. These articles were previously published under the heading of Grab Bag and are now called Submitted Articles. [3]

Editors

The current Editors of Choices are Maria Marshall, Purdue University and Alison Davis, University of Kentucky. The Technical Editor is Amy Bekkerman, Precision Edits. [4]

Notes

  1. "Home". choicesmagazine.org.
  2. "AAEA - Agricultural & Applied Economics Association". Archived from the original on 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  3. "Submit | Choices Magazine Online".
  4. "About | Choices Magazine Online".

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